15929966380001312637261000Standard Recordobject-76247170206273789516875930380001702062268409fitz-onlineadlib-object-76247https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/762478e1ee48c-15c2-3bbc-9ef9-2a870b8eaa4f6referenceterm-108657adlib-term-108657c170cd8e-fc63-3446-81a4-6682b5979808lead-glazed earthenwarereferenceterm-140823adlib-term-140823d8ebcbe4-8f97-333b-a11d-95895ceb405fcoloured glazed figuresreferenceterm-113184adlib-term-11318425fc548d-d02f-39a6-a34f-d609393a0043J. W. L. Glaisherreferenceterm-107733adlib-term-10773300160189-e3ce-3796-a88b-5aa8d6c808c4lead-glazeDecorationreferenceterm-120062adlib-term-120062d05176fb-17b8-3888-bba1-6c5e6c77d206lead-glazingLengthcm15.3Widthcm9BasePartsearthenware, moulded and modelled, and decorated with slate-blue, green, and brown lead glazes.referenceterm-111179adlib-term-111179be5c887b-c0ed-3d89-82b2-c3a870e72a68mouldingreferenceterm-121246adlib-term-121246cd0cb1a4-68fa-396e-a2f5-856490890cd3modellingApplied Artsearthenware figure of a standing panther decorated with coloured lead glazes.White earthenware moulded in several parts, and decorated with translucent blue tinted, green, and brown lead-glazes. A panther (or lioness) stands with its head turned to the left to look up at a (now missing) figure of Cupid astride its back. The panther is golden brown and its teeth are bared. It stands on a mound which is decorated green-tinged leaves, and is supported on a pearlware (blue-tinged) rectangular plinth with mouldings round the upper and lower edges. The underside is open and un-glazed.C.867-19281accession numberC.867-192876247priref76247191319131913old object number3690urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76247https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76247referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumDr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest, 1928referenceagent-152564adlib-agent-152564c20df94d-f096-3e0b-a9b5-6ddd12161fb7Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr192819281928-12-07bequeathedthe Glaisher ceramic collection was entered in the accession register as one item with the date of Dr Glaisher’s death17801780CE1780circa1780179511795CE1795circa1795probablyproductionreferenceagent-167262adlib-agent-167262b4ed69e6-df29-3832-a345-808895b7e3cdWood, Ralph, IIThe figures are exceptionally well modelled and other examples have been found with gilding. They were probably made by Ralph Wood II (1748-95) of Burslem, whose father was also a modeller and mould-maker (Ralph Wood, d. 1772). Ralph jnr. learned his trade through apprenticeship at Wedgwood, while his brother John trained at Wedgwood’s London warehouse/salerooms. Ralph was briefly in partnership with his cousin Enoch before establishing his Burslem business, which was continued after his death by his son (another Ralph). John Wood is known to have bought figures from his brother and his account book of 9 December 1785 notes the sale of ‘1 pair Lyon & Panther with cupids coloured & Gilt 4.6d’ to a Mr John Edwards.This panther was originally ridden by Cupid, turned to the left and holding a telescope up to the stars in its left hand. One of a pair, its companion has Cupid on a lion holding a globe (C.866-1928). The winged Cupid represents love, and riding or subduing a ferocious lion symbolises ‘love conquers all’, while the globe and link to the heavens suggest that love knows no boundaries. Glaisher in his MS Catalogue of his collection, and Rackham in his Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection, 1935, described this figure as a lioness. On the evidence of John Wood's account book, which mentions a pair of figures comprising a lion and a panther with cupids, it has been reidentified as a panther (see below).referenceterm-121310adlib-term-1213105e488133-3cf0-3e4a-8ec1-844b0707919318th Century, Late#referenceterm-108171adlib-term-108171c943fe08-bd72-32ab-823c-e1eeb56717b3literalEnglandEnglandcountryliteralStaffordshireStaffordshireregionBurslemreferenceterm-42861adlib-term-428615b368285-f1a8-3dcf-a5b2-637fd3c3956cearthenwareHeightcm18referencemedia-47244adlib-media-4724490eefd77-92fd-3599-acdb-85bd7401d4bfjpegaa/aa2/C_867_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels550widthpixels76016162665886021imagejpegaa/aa2/mid_C_867_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels362widthpixels50016162665886021imagejpegaa/aa2/C_867_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels550widthpixels76016162665886021imagejpegaa/aa2/preview_C_867_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels181widthpixels25016162665886021image0media
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imagereferenceterm-110277adlib-term-11027797f1ad1c-7b1d-373a-b0ae-ed010d95f37banimal figurereferenceterm-134443adlib-term-1344431f927ae4-091f-35a9-b59f-e49a35bcf525Staffordshire figure (early)history noteBought from Madame L’Hote-Saintoin (?), 62 Grande rue, Boulogne-sur-Mer for 15 francs on 4 October 1913 by Dr. J.W.G. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge.1pairreferenceobject-76246adlib-object-7624664da4d75-92dd-3cdc-8697-b223db602dcf1reference1term-110577adlib-term-110577b3087bcf-c996-37a7-be6a-109aec958c77animal figure groupanimal figure groupreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. Vol. l, p. 115, no. 867, where identified as a lioness instead of a panther.115referencepublication-1031adlib-publication-1031a5cc6cb3-2b6f-390a-af51-7e9d123e55edCatalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum CambridgeCf. p.91. A similar lion and panther pair, each with cupid on back, c.1780-1800, 21.3cm; also p.76 colour ill. of another similar cupid on a panther, with traces of gilding and impressed ‘46’ on reverse; both in the Stoke-on-Trent City Museum & Art Gallery. Also, ref to a similar pair in John Wood’s account book, referred to as '1 pair Lyon & Panther with cupids coloured & Gilt 4.6d.76,91referencepublication-6492adlib-publication-64928f7a7c8d-d834-39c7-aba5-eddaaff4dd0cEnglish Earthenware Figures 1740-1840Cf. plate XII, nos 55 and 56, a very similar pair, Cupid on a Lion, 8 ¼ in, and Cupid on a Lioness, 8 ½ in; p.103 these pieces listed with mould nos. 45 and 46; attributed to Ralph Wood or his son.14,17referencepublication-6364adlib-publication-6364fe1f86b0-bf04-37e1-b2c4-ab59b763b611The Wood Family of BurslemCf. lion and cupid illustrated.103referencepublication-3515adlib-publication-3515755fa945-3863-320a-99ff-c2ed519b1e05Collecting Staffordshire Potteryreferenceterm-9044adlib-term-904499dcb503-1a64-3792-8a40-48eda95dd763Neoclassicalanimalreferenceterm-133739adlib-term-13373996b04b5a-e598-3387-a9a0-4d1cb4607502pantheranimalreferenceterm-110079adlib-term-11007951f69cf3-66c8-39dc-9ec6-880935128b12lionessliteralpantherpantherliterallionesslionessreferenceterm-110277adlib-term-11027797f1ad1c-7b1d-373a-b0ae-ed010d95f37banimal figureanimal figurePanther (originally carrying Cupid)object
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